Man threatens victim with gun, bomb

Published: Monday, January 20, 2014 at 08:17 AM.

FORT WALTON BEACH — A 33-year-old man was arrested on charges of armed robbery after allegedly threatening someone with a gun and a bomb — neither of which he actually had.

An employee at Chevron gas station on Mary Esther Boulevard told officers that a man walked into the store at about 8:40 p.m. Sunday demanding money. The robber allegedly threatened to use the gun and a bomb he had in his possession if there was resistance.

The employee gave the man money, and the man fled the store on foot.

Officials with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office set up a perimeter to search and soon found Kevin Wayne Weathersby, who was identified by the employee, according to the Police Department press release.

Weathersby told officials during an interview that he had robbed the store. He was charged with robbery and resisting and officer without violence.
Officials determined he had neither a gun nor a bomb. Weathersby was taken to the Okaloosa County Jail.

Anyone with further information on the incident is asked to call the Fort Walton Beach Police Department at (850) 833-9537 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at (850) 863-TIPS.

FORT WALTON BEACH — A 33-year-old man was arrested on charges of armed robbery after allegedly threatening someone with a gun and a bomb — neither of which he actually had.

An employee at Chevron gas station on Mary Esther Boulevard told officers that a man walked into the store at about 8:40 p.m. Sunday demanding money. The robber allegedly threatened to use the gun and a bomb he had in his possession if there was resistance.

The employee gave the man money, and the man fled the store on foot.

Officials with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office set up a perimeter to search and soon found Kevin Wayne Weathersby, who was identified by the employee, according to the Police Department press release.

Weathersby told officials during an interview that he had robbed the store. He was charged with robbery and resisting and officer without violence.
Officials determined he had neither a gun nor a bomb. Weathersby was taken to the Okaloosa County Jail.

Anyone with further information on the incident is asked to call the Fort Walton Beach Police Department at (850) 833-9537 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at (850) 863-TIPS.